Plain Talk: Sen. Jamie Selzler discusses Flock camera regulations, seeking the center

MINOT — State Sen. Jamie Selzler, a Fargo Democrat and newly-elected Senate minority leader, has discovered something about trying to find middle ground in politics. It isn't particularly popular. "I used to think before I was in office, that the people who went to the middle were sort of taking the weak approach or the easy approach out," he said on this episode of Plain Talk. "I am now finding when you try to take this kind of middle of the road approach, all you do is you just piss everybody off." Selzler joined the podcast to discuss legislation he's drafting to regulate Flock cameras, the automated license plate readers increasingly used by law enforcement agencies. While some privacy advocates want the cameras banned outright, Selzler believes regulations are a more realistic approach. "There are people who want to ban them completely, and those who think they should as is, is fine, let the agencies, the law enforcement agencies, sort of self-regulate," he said.

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